PALO ALTO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Affymax, Inc. (Nasdaq:AFFY) today announced that it has priced an underwritten public offering of 4,109,589 shares of its common stock at a price of $18.25 per share. Net proceeds, after estimated underwriting discounts and commissions and estimated expenses, will be approximately $69.6 million. Affymax has granted the underwriters a thirty-day option to purchase up to 616,438 additional shares of common stock to cover overallotments, if any. The offering is expected to close on or about November 24, 2009, subject to satisfaction of customary closing conditions.